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Adult Living Skills Program - The Chicago Lighthouse - Main Office, Low Vision Clinic, & Chicago Lighthouse Industries

The Chicago Lighthouse Adult Living Skills Program focuses on life skills training for adults who are blind or visually impaired with developmental disabilities. Program participants attend daily activities designed to develop self-sufficiency, increase independence, and help them actively participate in today's society. An individual service plan is developed for each participant to outline short-term and long-term goals.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction

Independent Living Skills Training - Aspire - Careers and Living

Aspire provides housing for older adults and people with disabilities to support an active and independent lifestyle.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction

Intermittent CILA Program - CTF Illinois - Corporate Office

Through the Intermittent CILA Program, adults with mild developmental disabilities live independently in a home or apartment, sometimes with one or more roommates. Services provided to these individuals are individualized and staff will provide training and assistance as needed with all aspects of living independently, including cooking and cleaning skills, transportation, assistance with medical needs, making and keeping appointments, grocery shopping, paying bills, and similar activities.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction

Employment & Training Department - Habilitative Systems, Inc. - Main Office

The Employment & Training Department offers services that include instruction in basic independent living skills, sheltered employment training, and preparation for placement in supportive and/or competitive employment for persons with developmental disabilities. Their various programs assist consumers in achieving their maximum independence level by increasing their earning capacity, self-esteem, and self-sufficiency.

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Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Homeless Employment Programs

Independent Living Skills Instruction | Opportunities for Access CIL

Community Reintegration Program: Assisting people with any disabilities to get out of nursing homes and live independently in the community.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction

CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING | RAMP DISABILITY RESOURCES AND SERVICES

Provides a wide variety of independent living services for individuals with disabilities with the objective of helping them to function more independently in family and community settings and to secure and maintain appropriate employment. Services may include information and referral services, referrals for attendant care, attendant recruitment and training programs, independent living skills training, assistance in meeting housing and transportation needs, peer counseling, transition from institutions into the community, deflection from institutional placement, transition from youth to adult services, and advice and guidance regarding legal rights and benefits eligibility.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction
Centers for Independent Living
Specialized Information and Referral
Disability Rights Groups

COMMUNITY DAY SERVICES (CDS) | ARROWLEAF

Helps adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities develop and enhance daily adaptive living skills and economic self-sufficiency through out-of-home training designed to foster appropriate behavior, greater independence, and personal choice.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction
Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs

BUS SERVICE TRAINING | RAMP DISABILITY RESOURCES AND SERVICES

RAMP advocates for individuals who want to learn to use RMTD's fixed route public bus system. Employees can assist with navigating the cost of the fare, planning a route, and education of bus behavior. Advocates also train RMTD's bus drivers on proper use of lifts and disability awareness.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction

BUREAU OF CUSTOMER AND COMMUNITY BLIND SERVICES | ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERIVCES - DIVISION OF REHABILITATION SERVICES

Blind Service staff provide a variety of services to individuals who are blind, visually impaired or Deaf/Blind to assist them in achieving self-sufficiency through obtaining competitive employment. Services include:

- Vocational rehabilitation.

- Provides instruction in independent living skills, communication strategies, Braille, adaptive equipment, assistive technology, and health and wellness.

- Orientation and Mobility Instructors providing instruction in skills, methods, and techniques to independently travel safely and effectively in various surroundings.

- Rehabilitation Counselors and Coordinators provide a wide variety of services necessary to assist the individual in obtaining their employment outcome goal.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction

COMMUNITY DAY SERVICES | MARKLUND HYDE CENTER

Provides individualized programming for adults with developmental, physical, and medical disabilities. Offers the following services:
- Developing social skills and other everyday skills
- Various kinds of therapy
- Activities of daily living
- Pre-vocational and vocational skills training
- Communication development
- Community/vocational outings.

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Prevocational Training
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
Vocational Rehabilitation

BUREAU OF CUSTOMER AND COMMUNITY BLIND SERVICES | ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERIVCES - DIVISION OF REHABILITATION SERVICES

Blind Service staff provide a variety of services to individuals who are blind, visually impaired or Deaf/Blind to assist them in achieving self-sufficiency through obtaining competitive employment. Services include:

- Vocational rehabilitation.

- Provides instruction in independent living skills, communication strategies, Braille, adaptive equipment, assistive technology, and health and wellness.

- Orientation and Mobility Instructors providing instruction in skills, methods, and techniques to independently travel safely and effectively in various surroundings.

- Rehabilitation Counselors and Coordinators provide a wide variety of services necessary to assist the individual in obtaining their employment outcome goal.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction

EDUCATIONAL CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED | EDUCATIONAL CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED

Provides education, training, enrichment and resources so people with visual impairment are able to live safe, independent lives. Includes programs/ activities such as:

- Friendship Fridays.
- Book Club.
- Orientation & Mobility.
- Making Computers Fun.
- Mobile Device Advice.
- Daily Living Skills.
- Personalized Enrichment.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction
Disease/Disability Information
Health/Disability Related Social Clubs

YOUTH TRANSITION PROGRAM | SPRINGFIELD CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING

Assists students with disabilities with job exploration counseling, work-based learning experiences, counseling on post-secondary education, workplace readiness training, and self advocacy.

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General Youth Employment Programs
Independent Living Skills Instruction

TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY PROGRAM (TBI) | RAMP DISABILITY RESOURCES AND SERVICES

A program designed to provide community-based services that will meet the needs of individuals with brain injuries and help prevent unnecessary institutionalization.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Case/Care Management
Disability Rights Groups

CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING | SOYLAND ACCESS TO INDEPENDENT LIVING

Provides peer support counseling, information and referral to services that help disabled individuals, skills training, advocacy for persons with disabilities and their families and disability awareness and leadership education. Working with individuals in their homes or in locations convenient to the individual.

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Disease/Disability Registries
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Centers for Independent Living
Specialized Information and Referral

COMMUNITY DAY SERVICES | THRIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES

Provides community day services that focus on developmental skills, daily living skills, and vocational training. Individualized, person-centered goals are developed to promote skill acquisition and foster independence.

Services are provided on a self-contained unit where emphasis is placed on the needs of older adults, including reminiscing, health and aging related issues, socialization opportunities, and retention of skills. Specific services are provided to meet the needs of individuals with dementia.

Also provides classes that clients can choose from, depending on interest, and spend the day learning and doing things that they enjoy.

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Adult Day Programs
Independent Living Skills Instruction

INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES | PACE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING

Offers services which assist persons with disabilities in achieving and/or maintaining independence. Services include, but are not limited to:

- Information and Referral (personal assistant, interpreter, and housing referrals).

- Access and Advocacy (accessibility surveys, assistive devices, Braille printing).

- Skills Development (personal assistant management training, basic computer skills, public transit use, budgeting).

- Counseling (independent living, peer, vocational).

- Free Amplified Phones for Illinois residents with verifiable hearing loss who have a land line.

- Independent Living Needs Assessment.

- Mass Transit District Disability Verification.

- Reintegration into the community from nursing home, etc. (Includes possible financial assistance for moving home or into supportive living).

- PACE Presentations.

- PACE will readily provide sign language interpreters to access PACE events on request.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction
Peer Counseling
Assistive Technology Equipment
Centers for Independent Living
Specialized Information and Referral
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities

COMMUNITY DAY SERVICES (CDS) | ARROWLEAF

Helps adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities develop and enhance daily adaptive living skills and economic self-sufficiency through out-of-home training designed to foster appropriate behavior, greater independence, and personal choice.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction
Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs

Independent Living Skills Instruction | Helen Keller Services

Provides independent living skills instruction to individuals who are deaf, blind, have hearing loss, or vision loss.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction

Independent Living Skills Instruction | ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES (IDHS) - Home Services Program

Provides services to individuals with severe disabilities so they can remain independent in their homes. Offers the following program options for independence: - Personal Assistant (PA): Provides assistance with household tasks, personal care and, with permission of a doctor, certain health care procedures. PAs are selected, employed, and supervised by individual customers. - Homemaker Services: Personal care provided by trained and professionally supervised personnel for customers who are unable to direct the services of a PA. Instruction and assistance in household management and self-care are also available. - Maintenance Home Health: Services provided through a treatment plan prescribed by a physician or other health care professional. Other services include nursing care and physical, occupational, and speech therapy. - Electronic Home Response: Emergency response system offered by hospitals and community service organizations. This rented signaling device provides 24-hour emergency coverage, permitting the individual to alert trained professionals at hospitals, fire departments, or police departments. - Home Delivered Meals: Provided to individuals who can feed themselves but are unable to prepare food. - Adult Day Care: The direct care and supervision of customers in a community-based setting to promote their social, physical, and emotional well-being. - Assistive Equipment: Devices or equipment either purchased or rented to increase an individual's independence and capability to perform household and personal care tasks at home. - Environmental Modification: Modifications in the home that help compensate for loss of ability, strength, mobility or sensation; increase safety in the home, and decrease dependence on direct assistance from others. - Respite Services: Temporary care for adults and children with disabilities aimed at relieving stress to families. Respite services may be provided for vacation, rest, errands, family crisis or emergency. Services may include personal assistant, homemaker or home health. Also provides specialized services for people with HIV/AIDS and/or traumatic brain injuries (TBI). The Community Reintegration Program helps individuals with disabilities who live in nursing homes move into community with the supports they need to live as independently as possible.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction

Clinical Services Program - Impact Behavioral Health Partners - Main Location

Impact Behavioral Health Partners provides Independent Living Skills Training and Support for individuals with severe mental illness.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction

Journeys - Lutheran Social Services of Illinois - Portage Cragin Counseling Center

Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) - Portage Cragin Counseling Center's Journeys Program serves adults that are interested in building life and social skills through individual and group services. This program is staffed by social workers and counselors who work with each individual to personalize their goals, treatment plan, and participation in various group offerings.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction

Independent Living Skills Training - Heuristic Healing, Inc. - Main Office

Heuristic Healing, Inc. offers educational programming designed to improve or maintain the ability of the participants to live as independently as possible in the community.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction

Youth Transition Program - The Chicago Lighthouse - Main Office, Low Vision Clinic, & Chicago Lighthouse Industries

The Chicago Lighthouse's Youth Transition Program provides teens and young adults (ages 15 - 24) with the tools they need for independence. They host a variety of experiences designed for youth who intend to live independently, seek competitive employment, and attend a vocational training program or college upon graduation from high school. They work with each participant to address his or her individual needs and challenges.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction

CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING | RAMP DISABILITY RESOURCES AND SERVICES

Provides a wide variety of independent living services for individuals with disabilities with the objective of helping them to function more independently in family and community settings and to secure and maintain appropriate employment. Services may include information and referral services, referrals for attendant care, attendant recruitment and training programs, independent living skills training, assistance in meeting housing and transportation needs, peer counseling, transition from institutions into the community, deflection from institutional placement, transition from youth to adult services, and advice and guidance regarding legal rights and benefits eligibility.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction
Centers for Independent Living
Specialized Information and Referral
Disability Rights Groups

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